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Software that Can Increase Your Website’s Traffic

December 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment

If you just started a blog or website, or have had one running for a while, then probably you know how frustrating it can be to have low traffic. After all, you’ve spent a lot of time on your website, writing content, and there’s nobody’s there read your content.

SEO experts maintain that there are 3 major things that you can do to improve your website’s page rank (PR).

  1. Write quality content
  2. Submit your site to online directories
  3. Submit your content to article directories

Just like athletes, we are all looking for that edge that can make our blog or website stand out and be successful. Here are 3 great software titles you should have installed on your computer that can to help increase your website or blog’s traffic.

Quality Content.

Ok, so if you’re a writing wiz, you REALLY REALLY don’t need software for this. All you have to do is just open up your blog or CMS software and just typing. But for the rest of us mortals, sometimes we need a little help for the time our brain hits the writer’s block.

Instant Article Wizard is an article research tool that can literally help you create a rough draft article on any subject in minutes.

This software automates the gathering of research information based on your desired keyword subject. It can drastically reduces the time to create high quality targeted articles. It is the easiest and quickest way to create articles and can make you look like an EXPERT on any subject or niche, even if you know little or nothing about the subject.

Directory Submissions

The benefits of submitting your site to a directory is two fold. First, it let’s people know that your site exists. Online directories are similar to a phonebook. Many Internet users use online directories to find what they are looking for.

The second benefit is an increase in one way links to your blog. As you know, the more one way links that point to your site, the higher the page rank.

I’ve found a nice (and free) piece of software that can make submitting your blog and website to these online directories a real snap. It’s called Directory Submitter.

With Directory Submitter, you can quickly and easily submit your website to tons of directories very quickly. What makes this software so nice is that it is available for a free download.

Article Submissions

Submitting your articles to an article directory can do wonders to your website’s traffic – especially if you take the time and write quality content.

The key benefit of submitting your content to article directories is the free exposure your website can get. If you article is well thought out and well written, you can become an ‘expert’ and other web publishers might include your article, on their website, e-zine, or newsletter.

The beauty of this is that when you submit an article for submission, you can include a link back to your website. Now, imagine hundreds of website or blog owners publishing your article (along with your bio line) on their website. Think of how many link backs you will get. Now 10, 20, or 30 of your articles on other sites.

Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of people that think they can get away with submitting junk and some how expect a huge surge in traffic. But if you don’t take the time to focus on quality content, nobody’s going to want to publish your work.

You can submit your articles manually to various article directories, or you can use Article Submitter. With Article Submitter you can quickly publish your articles to hundreds of websites, increasing your site’s popularity. Article Submitter is available for a free download here.

Making Money with Your Articles

December 3, 2007 By

So you’ve heard that there is a lot of money to be made by writing articles. Sounds like a great idea, after all, writing articles isn’t rocket science. But how can you profit from your words?

Easy, simply use your articles to promote affiliate products.

To make money with articles that you place on websites, you will need a variety of good, solid, and well paying affiliate programs that will help to generate revenue.

When you pick an affiliate program, think about your niche subject. What company best complements your subject. If you’re writing about real estate, it wouldn’t make sense to promote lipstick would it?

Also, The most important thing to keep in mind when picking affiliates to promote is to keep your niche audience in mind. Otherwise you will be promoting a product to a group of people who do not even want nor need it. If your niche site targets parents of young children, then promote baby products. If you niche site targets gardeners, then promote gardening products.

Now, I know your probably thinking that the best way to your pot of gold is by promoting the highest paying affiliate program, right? A program that pays over $100 dollars might sound appealing, but how well does that product or service convert? In other words how well does it sell?

Before you get hazy-eyed by big dollar signs, remember that some products are bound to sell more than others. If you sell on product four times a year from a little known company that gives you $100 per sale or sell a well known product 3 times a week at the rate of $10 per sale, then you will make much more money with the $10 per sale product.

Lastly, there are two main ways to find an affiliate company for your niche website. You can sign up with a company that manages the accounts of hundreds of companies, big and small, and apply for the products within these accounts or you can do a web search for companies that would match well with your niche, visit their websites, and see if they advertise an affiliate program. Three of the most popular affiliate companies include Clickbank , Commission Junction , and Linkshare .

Clickbank deals primarily with info products and info services. Most commission rates per sale runs between 10% to 75%.

Commission Junction Having an affiliate account with Commission Junction, also known as CJ, will allow you to sell mostly physical products, with exception to Web hosting and Domain companies.

LinkShare – Similar to CJ, most of Linkshare’s businesses deal with actual physical goods which have to be shipped to the buyer.

PLR Articles, Adding Fresh Content to Your Niche Site

November 7, 2007 By 1 Comment

Looking for more traffic? It’s no secret that major search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN favor websites that are constantly updated with fresh unique content.

One way to add content to your website is by using free reprint articles. Free reprint articles are a great way to add quick content to your website, but you can’t rely solely on them to boost your traffic rankings.

Free to reprint articles are most likely being used on thousands of other websites. That means you run the risk of being penalized by Google because of duplicate content.

But that’s not to say that you can’t get fresh content on your website.

Private Label Articles

Recently, web site owners have been turning to PLR articles to complement their web site. Many find that PLR articles, or private label rights articles, are a better alternative to add useful, interesting, search engine friendly content to your website.

Why is PLR better than Free Article Directories?
One main reason publishers prefer PLR articles instead of just free reprints is because PLR content providers limit the distribution of their articles to prevent over-duplication. PLR articles can also be edited easily by web publishers, producing fresh unique content.

This has many positive advantages. Since PLR articles can be ‘made over’ so to speak, they provide an excellent source of fresh new material for niche content mini sites. New content is also an excellent way to get your site indexed on major search engines since spider bots are attracted to fresh content. New content can also increase a website or blog’s loyal reader base.

That said, PLR articles shouldn’t be used ‘as is’. For maximum results, plan to re-write the articles to avoid duplicate content issues. You want your articles to be unique by adding your own unique point of view and tweaking them to fit the interests of your audience. Even if you don’t want to personalize your articles, you should at least write a brief introduction or comment about the topic to make it personal.

Here are some good sources of private label rights articles. When you join any of these PLR article sites, be sure to read the terms carefully. Their rules and terms vary slightly.

5 Top PLR Article Sites

PLR Membership Online provides it’s members with 650 new fresh PLR articles EVERY MONTH! For a very limited time, you can get instant access to a ton of Unique PLR articles that you can use to build your own product for only $9.75 a month.

Niche Content - Niche Content supplies content to people who need quality articles and content to maintain and grow their web sites and blogs. Niche Content has the most professionally written and researched niche content articles. Content packages include at least 15-20 articles plus graphics. Each month, 60 high quality articles on various niche topics are added to the site.

Great Niche Content - Great Niche Content offers packages of quality content articles at a great price. Unlike other PLR sites that require a monthly membership fee to access their content, Great Niche Content sells their articles in packages. At only 75 cents per article, each package is limited to only 300 people.

Fresh-Niche-Content- Reasonably priced at about a dollar per article, each article package is limited to just 75 people per topic. Each article is completely original and unique.

Article Underground - Article Underground is a PLR membership site where you receive 400 PLR articles that is limited to 350 members each month.

Create High Quality Articles in Minutes.

October 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Is writer’s block stumping your website or blog’s growth? Want to update your site with your own unique articles? Imagine how great it would be if you could whip out a thoughtful, niche content article in a matter of minutes.

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Improve Your Blog’s Adsense CTR

October 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment

So, you say that you want to make a nice chunk of change with your blog, eh? If you’re thinking like a majority of blog owners on the Blogosphere, you’ve probably turned to Google Adsense for some pay per click monetization. Can where you put your Google Adsense Ads improve your click-through-rate (CTR) and Adsense income for your Blog?

Google says, “Yes”

Google’s AdSense gurus indicate that there is a relationship between Adsense ads placement and click-through-rate. They say that when ads are placed in “content zones” as opposed to “advertising zones”, click rates goes up.

“Blogtimizing” your Adsense Ads - When working with a blog, where should you put your ads? As a blog owner, you’re faced with some challenging hurdles that could hurt CTR. One major hurdle is Adsense blindness, that is your visitors just tune out your ads.

However, Google does have a few suggestions to make the most of your readership and content.

“To increase the likelihood that your readers will see and click on your ads, blend your ad units into the background of your blog. Choose a bold color for the ad title to help draw attention to your ads, then make sure that the background and borders of your ads are the same color as the background of the area where the ad is placed.“

Experiment with different ad formats and locations – Google also has suggestions as to where to place your ads as illustrated on this Adsense Hot Spot Map for Blogs.

Adsense layout for best ctr

In general, large and wider ad formats tend to be more reader-friendly. Placing an ad unit after the first post will likely catch your readers’ attention. Google suggests placing a Skyscraper (120×600) or vertical link unit on the right side of your blog.However, consider these suggestions as just that, suggestions. Do your own experiment to see what works for you and your blog.Also, keep in mind that the best way to improve click through rate is by increasing your blog’s traffic stats. The more visitors that come, the more clicks you’ll get!

To learn where to place Adsense on regular static websites, you should read Where should I place Adsense Ads on my Website?

3 Affiliate Programs that Pay Off

October 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment

If you want to make money with your websites, you will also need a variety of good affiliate programs that can help you generate revenue. Here are 3 top notch affiliate programs choose from to promote on your niche site.

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How to Find Free Content for Your Website

October 5, 2007 By 2 Comments

There is nothing worse than a dead website. That is, a website that hasn’t been updated for months at a time.

It’s a fact that the more you update your website with fresh new content the more traffic, readers, and income you can earn. How can you come up with new content on a consistent basis? [Read more...]